terrace vs turnpike

terrace

noun
  • A platform that extends outwards from a building. 

  • A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains. 

  • A single house in such a group. 

  • The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather. 

  • A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river. 

  • The standing area of a sports stadium. 

  • A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment 

  • A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses. 

verb
  • To provide something with a terrace. 

  • To form something into a terrace. 

turnpike

noun
  • A winding stairway. 

  • A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function. 

  • A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid, 

  • A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. 

  • A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise. 

  • A toll road, especially a toll expressway. 

verb
  • To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road, or into a rounded form, as the path of a road. 

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